Catchword: point

Filed Under: English, Environment, Science

Part of Speech: adj.

Quotation: Water pollution can come from what scientists call point and non-point sources. Point sources are obvious, like industry and wastewater treatment facilities. Non-point sources are harder to identify, like storm water run-off, which can contain pollutants from a variety of hard to track sources such as lawn fertilizers, farm run-off, car washing, and resident bird and animal populations.

Article or Document Title:
“Cleaning up Newport’s water ways” (URL)

Author:
Sandra Gahlinger

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
East Bay Newspapers

Publishing Location:
Bristol, R.I.

Dateline:
Newport

Date of Publication:
June 27, 2005

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